[HTML][HTML] Frailty and comprehensive geriatric assessment
Frailty is defined as a reduced physiologic reserve vulnerable to external stressors. For older
individuals, frailty plays a decisive role in increasing adverse health outcomes in most …
individuals, frailty plays a decisive role in increasing adverse health outcomes in most …
Frailty-aware care: giving value to frailty assessment across different healthcare settings
Healthcare systems need to adapt to better serve an aging population with complex
presentations. Frailty assessments are a potential means to address this heterogeneity in …
presentations. Frailty assessments are a potential means to address this heterogeneity in …
The role of illness acuity on the association between frailty and mortality in emergency department patients referred to internal medicine
Background we investigated whether two frailty tools predicted mortality among emergency
department (ED) patients referred to internal medicine and how the level of illness acuity …
department (ED) patients referred to internal medicine and how the level of illness acuity …
Concepts in practice: geriatric emergency departments
LT Southerland, AX Lo, K Biese, G Arendts… - Annals of emergency …, 2020 - Elsevier
In 2018, the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) began accrediting facilities
as “geriatric emergency departments”(EDs) according to adherence to the …
as “geriatric emergency departments”(EDs) according to adherence to the …
Interventions to mobilize elderly patients and reduce length of hospital stay
MJ Surkan, W Gibson - Canadian journal of cardiology, 2018 - Elsevier
For older people, and in particular frail older people, acute illness and hospitalization are
associated with significant potential harm. One of the major drivers of iatrogenic harm in …
associated with significant potential harm. One of the major drivers of iatrogenic harm in …
Frail-VIG index: a concise frailty evaluation tool for rapid geriatric assessment
Background Demographic changes have led to an increase in the number of elderly frail
persons and, consequently, systematic geriatric assessment is more important than ever …
persons and, consequently, systematic geriatric assessment is more important than ever …
Prognostic association of frailty with post-arrest outcomes following cardiac arrest: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Objective To synthesize the current evidence examining the association between frailty and
a series of post-arrest outcomes following the provision of cardiopulmonary resuscitation …
a series of post-arrest outcomes following the provision of cardiopulmonary resuscitation …
Elder abuse in the out-of-hospital and emergency department settings: a scoping review
This scoping review aimed to synthesize the available evidence on the epidemiology,
patient-and caregiver-associated factors, clinical characteristics, screening tools, prevention …
patient-and caregiver-associated factors, clinical characteristics, screening tools, prevention …
Predicting hospital admission for older emergency department patients: Insights from machine learning
Background Emergency departments (ED) are a portal of entry into the hospital and are
uniquely positioned to influence the health care trajectories of older adults seeking medical …
uniquely positioned to influence the health care trajectories of older adults seeking medical …
Examining the relationship between triage acuity and frailty to inform the care of older emergency department patients: findings from a large Canadian multisite cohort …
BackgroundThe 2016 Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale (CTAS) updates introduced frailty
screening within triage to more accurately code frail patients who may deteriorate waiting for …
screening within triage to more accurately code frail patients who may deteriorate waiting for …